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The delivery man from Scruggs is Josiah’s new best friend. Look what he brought him! This boy LOVES tractors, even if they are not green & yellow. It gives daddy a thrill & I am learning that all his Scruggs gift cards will be going to toy tractors. ‘Siah was not impressed when we took him out of Trey’s arms. He’ll just have to enjoy the tractor when it is not running cause mom & dad feel pretty strongly about carelessness that leads to farm accidents.

We have been previewing John Adams (before our children watch)- good thing BTW. Anita was right when she said some parts need to be skipped. Overall, I’m loving it. Most of y’all know that we are passionate about history and constitutional government so this is our kind of movie. I was watching this morning while I cleaned my room & packed away alot of Josiahs clothes. To whet your appetite-

A conversation following Hamiltons proposal of a central bank.

Jefferson- “if the states are indebted to a central authority, it increases the power of the central government”

Hamilton- “There you have it exactly, the greater the governments responsibility the greater it’s authority”

Jefferson- “The moneyed interest in this country is all in the North, so the wealth and power would inevitably be concentrated there in a federal government to the expense of the South.”

Hamilton-“if that is the case it is unavoidable if the union is to be preserved”

Jefferson-“I fear our revolution would have been in vain if a Virginia farmer is to be held in hock to a New York stock jobber who in turn is in hock to a London banker. The opportunities for avarice and corruption would certainly prove irresistible”

Humm…where is this headed?

Random things overheard at the Riley house

“Dude! You gotta be willin’ to lay it all on the lineee!” O.K. it wasn’t a Riley that said this. Can you guess who it was?

It sounds like a good family motto- it might replace “Go fast, take chances!”

‘Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.’

My Mighty Warrior

Mother’s Inspiration

Had I no little feet to guide
Along life's toilsome way,
My own more frequently might slide,
More often go astray.
But when I meet my baby's eyes,
At God's own bar I stand,
And angels draw me t'ward the skies
While Baby holds my hand.

Josiah 3

Josiah 3

Mercy Kate 5

Mercy Kate 5

Annie Lou 9

Annie Lou 9

Sarah (13)

Sarah 13

Ben 15

Ben 15

Hannah 16

Hannah 16

Jacob 18

Jacob 18

Ellen and Caleb Frederick

Caleb and Ellen

Trey, Candace and Lee Riley

Trey, Candace and Lee

Tyler, Emily, and Emma-Jane Upchurch

Tyler, Emily, and Emma-Jane

Katie

Katie

Emma-Jane

Our first grandbaby Emma-Jane, born in April 2011

Lee

Our second grandbaby Lee, born in August 2011

Mercy Kate Meeting Daddy

Stury and plump and clean and fair,
With big blue eyes and a tangle of hair,
There's a little lassie who runs to meet
Her father's step that rings on the street,
As, day after day, at the set of sun,
Father comes home when his work is done.